Starting over and starting a whole lotta trouble…
Meredith Anderson left her difficult past behind to create a new life for herself in Tall Pines—where she can be the independent, confident woman she always dreamed of being. Now she's a partner in her sister's wedding planning business, helping brides realize their happily-ever-afters…even as she promises herself to never fall in love.
Meredith's sweetness and vulnerability brings out the protective side of rancher Gage McAllister—even though their worlds are miles apart. All it takes is one night for desire to take hold of them both, a sizzling encounter that can only lead to the promise of more. But Meredith isn't looking for more, and even if she was, Gage is set to leave Tall Pines behind him…

I’ve been waiting for this a long time and Victoria James has a knack of writing Meredith and Gage so sweetly that I’m just about to suffer from a toothache – willingly. (On a side note, Ms James seems to write men exactly the way women want them to be.) There’s some angst and some secrets to be revealed along the way, but their story was surprising in many ways but fulfilling and satisfying. Pretty much worth the wait, I’d say.

Widowed rancher Cole Forrester is all about running his family's ranch and guarding his heart. The last thing he's looking for is love, but when his little sister can't make it home to handle some of her wedding details, he's forced to entertain the event planner, Melanie Simms. Melanie is everything he's not even remotely interested in: she's high-society, complicated, and high maintenance. But when he's stranded with her at his remote cabin in the Colorado mountains, he realizes he's seriously underestimated her. She's hiding something about her past from him, but despite everything, he finds himself falling for the last woman he ever expected, and the first woman to make him want to give his heart and risk everything...

Light and thoroughly absorbing read of a hot rancher’s (who’s finally, finally a decent guy and not a man-whore) second chance at love with a woman hiding her own secrets. Waiting with bated breath for Meredith and Gage’s story.